Bridle-bit.



' Patented Oct. 31, I899.

H. E. METCALF. BRIDLE BIT.

(Application filed. M81. 24, 1899.)

(No Model.)

Inventor.

Witnesses.

Attorney.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT E. METCALF, OF BOONE, INDIANA.

BRlDLE-BIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 636,159, dated October 31, 1899.

Application filed March 24, 1899. Serial No. 710,388. N model.)

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT E. METOALF, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Boone township, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bridle-Bits; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of the invention, as in application. Fig.2 is a perspective view of the invention.

This invention is designed to provide a bridle-bit of improved character, whereby a horse maybe more effectually kept under control; and the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the head-stall of a bridle, B the brow-band, and O the throatlatch thereof.

D designates one of the side straps, but one of which is shown.

E E designate two rings to which the side straps D are respectively connected at their lower ends. F F are two other rings to which the driving-reins are respectively connected.

' G designates the bit, which consists of a piece of chain, one end of which is connected to the ring E, its other end portion being passed through the ring E and connected to the ring F. a H designates a second piece of chain which is connected at one end to the ring F and passes through the ring E and under the jaw of'the horse, as shown, its other end being connected to the ring E.

Constructed in this manner it will be seen that a pull upon the reins not only draws the bit back into the mouth of the animal, but that it also pulls the two rings E E toward each other against the sides of the mouth and also draws the jaw-chain up against the under side of the lower jaw, and by'a hard pull on the reins the jaw may be clamped, as in a vise, by the said rings and chains. Should one of the reins break, the same result may in a large measure still be obtained. A gen tle pull upon either rein causes the animal to turn in a corresponding direction, as with or= dinary bits.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a bridle and bit, the combination of the two rings E, E, to which the side straps of the bridle are respectively connected at their lower ends, and the two rings F, F, to which the reins are connected, the bit-chain connected at one end to the ring E and at its opposite end to the ring F, being also passed loosely through the ring E, and the jaw-chain which is connected at one end to the ring F and is passed loosely through the ring E and connected at its opposite end to the ring E, substantially as specified.

2. In a bridle-bit, the combination of the side straps, the rings E, E, to which the said straps are respectively connected, the reinrings F, F, the bit-chain G which connects the rings E and F and which passes loosely through the ring E, and the jaw-chain H which connects the rings F and E and passes loosely through the ring E, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERBERT E. METoALF.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL P. MOORE, DAVID A. TANNER. 

